Paintings by Wlastimil Hofman wanted
I am looking for works by Hofman: Madonnas, religious and symbolic scenes, portraits, landscapes. I buy directly from private owners. Correspondence in English or Polish is equally welcome.
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I collect Symbolism and Polish painting from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I buy directly from owners, without auction fees or gallery commission.
Madonnas and religious scenes
Village Madonnas, biblical scenes, triptychs, devotional paintings. Hofman's best-known subject.
Symbolism
Allegories, symbolic scenes, figure compositions with mystical elements.
Portraits of children and women
Village children, women in folk dress, figures in a landscape.
Landscapes and Szklarska Poręba
Mountain and winter views around Szklarska Poręba, where the artist lived from 1947.
Drawings and pastels
Studies, sketches, pencil and charcoal drawings, pastels, watercolours.
Condition and signature
Including works in poor condition. If you are unsure about the attribution, I can help clear it up.
The name is spelt in several ways, on labels often without Polish letters: Wlastimil Hofman, Vlastimil Hofman, Vlastimil Hofmann, W. Hofman, V. Hofman.
Wlastimil Hofman
1881–1970Born in Prague, the son of a Czech father and a Polish mother. From 1889 he lived with his family in Kraków. From 1896 he studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under Jacek Malczewski, Leon Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanisławski, and from 1899 to 1901 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme.
From 1904 he was a member of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". His painting Confession (Spowiedź, 1905), shown a year later at the Zachęta in Warsaw, made his name. In 1907 he became the first Pole nominated a member of the Vienna Secession gallery.
From 1947 he lived in Szklarska Poręba, where he died. His honours included the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1961).
- 1881Born in Prague on 27 April.
- 1889The family moves to Kraków.
- 1896Studies in Kraków, among others under Jacek Malczewski.
- 1899–1901Paris, École des Beaux-Arts.
- 1905Confession, exhibited at the Zachęta in 1906.
- 1907Nominated a member of the Vienna Secession gallery.
- 1947Moves to Szklarska Poręba.
- 1970Dies in Szklarska Poręba on 6 March.
Direct purchase
I buy from private owners, without auctions, galleries or commission. The whole amount goes to the owner.
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